Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Peltephilidae

Mammalia - Cingulata

Taxonomy
Peltephilidae was named by Ameghino (1894). It is not extant. Its type is Peltephilus.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Peltephilidae by Croft et al. (2007) and Shockey (2017).

It was assigned to Cingulata by Ameghino (1894); to Peltateloidea by Ameghino (1897); to Dasypodoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Dasypodoidea by Croft et al. (2007); to Cingulata by Kramarz et al. (2010); and to Cingulata by Shockey (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Peltephilidae Ameghino
1897Peltephilidae Ameghino p. 509
1997Peltephilidae McKenna and Bell p. 86
2007Peltephilidae Croft et al. p. 784
2010Peltephilidae Kramarz et al.
2017Peltephilidae Shockey

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Peltephilidae()
—Peltephilidae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Peltephilidae Ameghino 1894
show all | hide all
G. †Anantiosodon Ameghino 1891
hide
†Anantiosodon rarus Ameghino 1891
G. †Epipeltephilus Ameghino 1904
hide
†Epipeltephilus caraguensis Montoya-Sanhueza et al. 2017
†Epipeltephilus kanti Gonzalez-Ruiz et al. 2012
†Epipeltephilus recurvus Ameghino 1904
G. †Parapeltecoelus Bordas 1938
hide
G. †Peltecoelus Ameghino 1902
hide
†Peltecoelus praelucens Ameghino 1902
G. †Peltephilus Ameghino 1887
hide
†Peltephilus depressus Ameghino 1897
†Peltephilus ferox Ameghino 1891
+
Invalid names: Peltephilus clarazianus Moreno and Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
†Peltephilus giganteus Ameghino 1894
†Peltephilus grandis Moreno and Mercerat 1891
†Peltephilus granosus Ameghino 1902
†Peltephilus nanus Ameghino 1898
†Peltephilus protervus Ameghino 1897
†Peltephilus pumilus Ameghino 1887
†Peltephilus rarus Ameghino 1891
†Peltephilus strepens Ameghino 1887
+
Invalid names: Peltephilus heusseri Moreno and Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
†Peltephilus undulatus Ameghino 1897
G. †Ronwolffia Shockey 2017
hide
†Ronwolffia pacifica Shockey 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 8.23 kgs
Minimum body mass: 8.23 kgs
Body mass estimate: 8.23 kg
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:20:40
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:20:40
Source: s = species, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Chasicoan or 41.30000 to 9.00000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) Peltephilidae indet. (13779 176189)
Tinguirirican36.0 - 29.0Argentina (Chubut) Peltephilidae indet. (176200)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina (Chubut) Peltephilus undulatus (186572)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Peru Peltephilidae indet. (199562)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia Peltephilus sp. 1, Peltephilus sp. 2 (95688)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia (La Paz) Peltephilidae indet. (142561 189508) Peltephilus sp. (133615) Ronwolffia pacifica (14209 133596 133691)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) Peltephilus undulatus (14211)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Argentina (Mendoza) Peltephilus sp., Peltephilus undulatus (220946)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Argentina (Chubut) Peltephilus sp. (49783)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Neuquén) Peltephilidae indet. (89029)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) Peltephilidae indet. (141368)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) Peltephilus pumilus (176205)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Argentina (Santa Cruz) Peltephilus sp. (197691)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Bolivia Peltephilidae indet. (91435)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (San Juan) Peltephilus sp. (197899)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Peltephilus ferox, Anantiosodon rarus (176570) Peltephilus ferox, Peltephilus giganteus (176594) Peltephilus nanus (176565) Peltephilus pumilus (27313 176576 176578 176581 176599 176602) Peltephilus sp. (176571) Peltephilus sp., Peltephilus pumilus (176622 176623) Peltephilus strepens (176585) Peltephilus strepens, Peltephilus pumilus (142533 176593)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Chile Peltephilus sp. (103804)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Argentina (Chubut) Peltephilus sp. (215594 215595)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Neuquén) Peltephilus pumilus, Peltephilus nanus (141175)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Río Negro) Peltephilidae indet. (140691)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Chile (Parinacota) Epipeltephilus caraguensis (197295)
Chasicoan10.0 - 9.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Epipeltephilus kanti (79180)
Chasicoan10.0 - 9.0Argentina (San Juan) Epipeltephilus kanti (198596)